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Bowgrove Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Beaminster

Historical Forms

  • Bowgrow 1683 DCMDeed
  • Bough Grove 1842 TA
  • Baggrove 1633 DCMCt

Etymology

, 1863 Hutch3 , ( claus ' voc ' ) com ' on : Bowgrow 1683DCMDeed , Bough Grove 1842TA , possibly to be identified withBaggrove 1633DCMCt , from grā(a) ' copse ' with an uncertain first el .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement